space bar

space bar
noun
the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used
• Hypernyms: ↑key
• Part Holonyms: ↑typewriter keyboard

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noun
1. : a bar (as on a typewriter) that on each depression causes the carriage to move one space to the left
2. : a bar on a monotype keyboard each depression of which causes the setting of one justification space

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1. a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
2. a horizontal bar on a computer keyboard that is depressed in order to move the cursor one space to the right or, often, to perform some function in a program.
[1885-90]

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space bar noun
A bar on a typewriter or computer keyboard which is pressed to insert a space
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Main Entry: ↑space

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space bar UK US noun [countable] [singular space bar plural space bars] computing
the long narrow bar at the front of a computer keyboard that you press to make a space between words when you are typing
Thesaurus: keys on the computer keyboardhyponym

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space bar,
the horizontal bar on a typewriter or computer keyboard that is pressed down to move the typewriter carriage one or more spaces to the left or to introduce space in a computer text.

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n. a long key on a typewriter or computer keyboard for making a space between words

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noun, pl ⋯ bars [count]
: the wide key at the bottom of a computer keyboard or typewriter that is used to make a space

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ˈspace bar [space bar space bars] noun
a bar on the keyboard of a computer or ↑typewriter that you press to make spaces between words

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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